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NTPC invites bids for feasibility study on SMRs at old thermal plants

NTPC Limited has invited bids from enlisted consultancy firms to conduct feasibility studies for installing small modular reactors (SMRs) at decommissioned thermal power stations (TPS). The tender was issued on 7 April 2025, with the last date for...

India and Sri Lanka sign MoUs for solar projects and power interconnection

India and Sri Lanka have signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation, with a focus on renewable energy and cross-border electricity trade. One MoU covers the joint development of a 120 MW solar power...

Odisha clears Adani’s 2,400 MW Nilanchal thermal power project

The Government of Odisha has approved a 2,400 MW coal-based ultra super critical thermal power project in Cuttack district. The project will be developed by Orissa Thermal Energy Limited (OTEL), a subsidiary of Adani Power Limited (APL). The...

Tata Power to install 100 MW battery energy storage system in Mumbai

Tata Power has received approval from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) to install a 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Mumbai. The project will be completed over the next two years. The system includes advanced...

VSL Renewable to manage APGENCO’s 527 MWp solar plant

VSL Renewable Services has secured a three-year operation and maintenance contract for Andhra Pradesh Generation Company Limited’s (APGENCO) 527 MWp solar power plant in Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh. The contract is designed to improve plant performance...

Supreme Court upholds Rajasthan’s 2016 open access power regulations

The Supreme Court has upheld the 2016 regulations introduced by the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) to govern open access to electricity for industrial consumers. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale dismissed...

L&T sets up new subsidiary for green hydrogen business

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has incorporated L&T Green Energy Kandla Private Limited through its wholly-owned unit, L&T Energy Green Tech Limited. The company was officially registered on April 4, 2025. The new entity will focus on the...

Power ministry relaxes location norms for load-serving substations under ISTS

The power ministry has relaxed siting norms for load-serving substations under interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes built through the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The revised norms apply to new substations—such as switching...

IndiGrid commissions India’s first regulated utility-scale BESS project

IndiGrid has commissioned India’s first regulated utility-scale standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project with a capacity of 20 MW/40 MWh. The project is located in Delhi and operated by Kilokari BESS Pvt Ltd (KBPL). This marks...

Powergrid to raise Rs 60 billion via 10-year bonds

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has received approval to raise up to Rs 60 billion through its 81st bond issue via private placement.  The decision was cleared by the company’s Committee of Directors for Bonds on April 4, 2025...

Hindustan Powerprojects to set up 300 MW solar project for UPPCL

Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited (HPPPL) has secured a Letter of Award (LoA) from Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) for a 300 MW/425 MWp solar project.  The installation will be Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS)-connected...

ACME Solar secures Rs 24.91 billion refinancing for 490 MW projects

ACME Solar Holdings has secured a long-term refinancing facility of Rs 24.91 billion for its operational renewable energy portfolio totaling 490 MW across Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Punjab. The refinancing has been arranged through the State Bank...

Hitachi Energy–BHEL win contract for Adani’s Rajasthan transmission project

Rajasthan Part I Power Transmission, a subsidiary of Adani Energy Solutions, has awarded a major contract to a consortium of Hitachi Energy and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for the development of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC)...

GE Power wins Rs 382 million order from NTPC for Talcher expansion

GE Power India Limited has received a contract worth Rs 382 million from NTPC Limited for the supply of generator parts for the Talcher Thermal Power Station Expansion Project (Stage III). The award was confirmed on April 2, 2025. The scope of work...

Senvion India’s 3.1M130 wind turbine enters MNRE’s approved list

Senvion India has announced that its 3.1M130 wind turbine is now included in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) Revised List of Models and Manufacturers (RLMM), issued in April 2025. Commercial grid-connected installations are set to...

L&T completes early delivery of steam generators for Kaiga, wins new transmission contracts

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), through its Heavy Engineering arm, has completed the delivery of four steam generators (SGs) for the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka. These are part of the indigenously developed 10×700 MWe Pressurised Heavy...

Uno Minda and IGL approve investments in solar power projects

The Board of Directors of Uno Minda Limited has approved an investment to procure 17.85 MWp of captive solar power in Maharashtra.  The company will invest Rs 62.5 million to acquire a 9.75 per cent equity stake in Amplus Ampere Private Limited, a...

SJVN Green completes trial run of 241.77 MW solar capacity in Bikaner

SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL), a subsidiary of SJVN Limited, has completed the trial run of 241.77 MW capacity under Phase-I of its 1,000 MW grid-connected solar PV power project (CPSU Tranche-III) in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The trial was completed on...

NHPC begins operations for 31 MW solar capacity in Bikaner

NHPC Limited has started commercial operations for 31 MW of solar capacity under its 1,000 MW grid-connected solar PV power project (CPSU Tranche-III) in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The milestone was achieved on March 31, 2025. The project is being executed...

PGCIL wins LoI to build power evacuation line for Mahan Energen plant

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for selection as the transmission service provider (TSP) for a key power evacuation project in Madhya Pradesh.  The award follows a tariff based competitive bidding...

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